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Perhaps because there is a strong cultural requirement in China for a groom to have his own house before getting married. If real estate gets more expensive in
by fmajid 5y ago
Perhaps because there is a strong cultural requirement in China for a groom to have his own house before getting married. If real estate gets more expensive in a bubble, so does marriage, and there is less of it.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoJust like many cultural conditionings this one seems particularly unfair. Why just the broom? Why can't they both work towards the goal?
- fmajid 5y agoBecause societies where the bride’s parents have to pay a dowry invariably lead to female infanticide, as in India, not that China doesn’t have that problem, but it was caused by the one-child policy and families not wanting the family name to die out.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoDowry is a terrible idea. However, turning 180 degrees and putting all financial burden of marriage on the male seems just as bad.
- fmajid 5y agoThat's what the introduction of Islam did in Arabia. They went from a situation where the bride's parents paid the groom a dowry (with the predictable female infanticide) to one where the groom paid the bride (not her parents) a mahr or "bridal gift" that is a security for her if the marriage is dissolved.